If wonder if anyone has heard of this? Hopefully it's just malicious
propaganda...if not...big brother Bill may be watching....

>> Fact or rumor? Anyway, here it goes.>>=-=-=-=- Forwarded message follows -=-=-=-=-=-=-=->> Subject: Windows 95 Warning on comp.risks, in Information Week> Source: Usenet newsgroup comp.risks, Originator:>cnorloff@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil> (unverified)> Date: Wed, 17 May 95 13:44:40 EDT> Discuss: OS2ARENA FORUM on IBMPC>> Microsoft officials confirm that beta versions of Windows 95 include a> small viral routine called Registration Wizard. It interrogates every> system on a network gathering intelligence on what software is being run> on which machine. It then creates a complete listing of both Microsoft's> and competitors' products by machine, which it reports to Microsoft when> customers sign up for Microsoft's Network Services, due for launch later> this year.>> "In Short" column, page 88, _Information Week_ magazine, May 22, 1995>> The implications of this action, and the attitude of Microsoft to plan> such action, beggars the imagination.>> An update on this. A friend of mine got hold of the beta test CD> of Win95, and set up a packet sniffer between his serial port and the> modem. When you try out the free demo time on The Microsoft Network, it> transmits your entire directory structure in background.>> This means that they have a list of every directory (and, potentially> every file) on your machine. It would not be difficult to have something> like a FileRequest from your system to theirs, without you knowing about> it. This way they could get ahold of any juicy routines you've written> yourself and claim them as their own if you don't have them copyrighted.>> Needless to say, I'm rather annoyed about this.> So spread the word as far and wide as possible: Steer clear of Windows 95.> There's nothing to say that this "feature" will be removed in the final> release.>> ------- End of Forwarded Message>>*********************************************************************>Lista Informativa "MeuPovo". Para assinar a lista MeuPovo, envie msg>para listserv@lci.ufrj.br, contendo, na 1a linha da msg, o texto:>SUB MEUPOVO Para cancelar a assinatura, envie mensagem para>listserv@lci.ufrj.br, com o texto: UNSUB MEUPOVO Comentarios,>sugestoes e colaboracoes para a lista devem ser enviados para> dariomor@lci.ufrj.br>*********************************************************************>